In ArchiViz, 95% of selections of objects, is to manipulate or transform (move, scale, rotate) them....
Working in edit poly mode is not unknown ofcourse, but unless you are modeling some
specific furniture parts, opening modify panel, when select the object is useless...
...and cause hours of waiting per month.
I hope you know what I am talking about, you select some fancy sofa
with let's say 15 000 000 polys and you wait so long for modify panel to read the edit poly object....and over, and over, and over...